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A18243 Marcus Ausonius his foure bookes of morall precepts, intituled Cato concerning the precepts of common life / translated out of Latin hexamiters into English meter by Walter Gosnold gentleman ...; Catonis disticha. Gosnold, Walter. 1638 (1638) STC 4863.5; ESTC S280 51,283 144

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